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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 25, 2020Jones County, Monroe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2020, 3:49 PM EDT for Jones County, Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 2020, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2020, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jones County, GA, Monroe County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 25, 3:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 N Forsyth, GAFOUR TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG SUTTON ROAD. ONE TREE FELL PARTIALLY IN THE ROADWAY AND ANOTHER WAS REPORTED ON A CAR.
Jul 25, 4:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wsw Berner, GATREE DOWN BLOCKING ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GA-83 AND STOKES STORE RD PER GDOT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 78 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2020-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 694 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2020-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
694 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

848 
WUUS52 KFFC 251949
SVRFFC
GAC169-207-252030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0252.200725T1949Z-200725T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
349 PM EDT Sat Jul 25 2020

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Monroe County in central Georgia...
  Western Jones County in central Georgia...

* Until 430 PM EDT.

* At 349 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Juliette, or
  7 miles northeast of Forsyth, moving southeast at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Forsyth, Bolingbroke, Wayside, Dames Ferry, Berner, Juliette, Plant
  Scherer and Jarrell Plantation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

If you see wind damage...hail or flooding...wait until the storm has
passed...and then call the National Weather Service toll free
at 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 or tweet us your report at NWSATLANTA.

&&

LAT...LON 3309 8398 3317 8385 3313 8381 3315 8372
      3304 8355 3292 8370 3295 8370 3295 8373
      3294 8373 3294 8374 3289 8382
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 316DEG 9KT 3310 8384 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 8:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Pulaski33 min
Jul 24, 9:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Twiggs37 min
Jul 24, 10:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly27 min
Jul 25, 12:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson34 min
Jul 25, 12:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Warren28 min
Jul 25, 1:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb25 min
Jul 25, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite30 min
Jul 25, 1:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock26 min
Jul 25, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock36 min
Jul 25, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton23 min
Jul 25, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock31 min
Jul 25, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett30 min
Jul 25, 2:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb24 min
Jul 25, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Butts, Jefferson, Jones, Washington23 min
Jul 25, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene35 min
Jul 25, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson35 min
Jul 25, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb34 min
Jul 25, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett47 min
Jul 25, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro34 min
Jul 25, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Washington30 min
Jul 25, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale24 min
Jul 25, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Walton35 min
Jul 25, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan34 min
Jul 25, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas32 min
Jul 25, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton30 min
Jul 25, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton, Paulding39 min
Jul 25, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones24 min
Jul 25, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry35 min
Jul 25, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan, Newton36 min
Jul 25, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Walton43 min
Jul 25, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton35 min
Jul 25, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks34 min
Jul 25, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe32 min
Jul 25, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris30 min
Jul 25, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette34 min
Jul 25, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Morgan, Putnam32 min
Jul 25, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette30 min
Jul 25, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson29 min
Jul 25, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Lamar, Monroe, Spalding47 min
Jul 25, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee26 min
Jul 25, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Union39 min
Jul 25, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison35 min
Jul 25, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley33 min
Jul 25, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette30 min
Jul 25, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll29 min
Jul 25, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb42 min
Jul 25, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk26 min
Jul 25, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery23 min
Jul 25, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll52 min
Jul 25, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Upson35 min
Jul 25, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson30 min
Jul 25, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski27 min
Jul 25, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion25 min
Jul 25, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb37 min
Jul 25, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Union44 min
Jul 25, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk33 min
Jul 25, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike47 min
Jul 25, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield24 min
Jul 25, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson37 min
Jul 25, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Paulding, Polk39 min
Jul 25, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot36 min
Jul 25, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Pickens45 min
Jul 25, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee48 min
Jul 25, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach31 min
Jul 25, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall30 min
Jul 25, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Talbot36 min
Jul 25, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Walker51 min
Jul 25, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee34 min
Jul 25, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens29 min
Jul 25, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair43 min
Jul 25, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor44 min
Jul 25, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee23 min
Jul 25, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon47 min
Jul 25, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee43 min
Jul 25, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson37 min
Jul 25, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox32 min
Jul 25, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson34 min
Jul 25, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield31 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.